b"PROMISE PHOTOS BY SID HASTINGSFUTUREfor the Marianist education offers pathway to read signs of uncertain timesBy Dave LueckingR eading the signs of the times, circa 2022, might The consensus at the Symposium was that, indeed, From left, Paul Benson andseem to be exercise in futility.the promise is there. Amy Anderson were amongTheres crisis upon crisis upon crisis. Each crisis We must be ourselves. We must be distinctive. University of Dayton's repre-sentatives at the Association ofpulls hard at the seams, threatening to rip openWe must be Marianist, said Todd Hanneken of the Marianist Universities Symposiumthe thin fabric of our society and devour the fragile St. Marys University theology department in his on June 14-16 in St. Louis.humans within it. final-day keynote address, Responding to the CollectiveWill the darkness of these times overshadow us and Angst in the Human Heart. Later, he concluded,create an untenable future? It might appear that way. Its a good time to be a Marianist educator.Or are we called to something more, to find solutions Likewise, fellow keynote speaker Kelly Bohrer offor forging a better future? That will take work, and The Ethos Center at University of Dayton expressedMarianist-sponsored universities are up to the challenge. optimism in her keynote address, Responding toThe discouraging realities of these times werethe Birth Pangs of Social Transformation.acknowledgedand the paths forward were embraced I very much see the promise of a Marianist edu- in the Association of Marianist Universities (AMU) cation, she said, adding that it formsin keepingSymposium in mid-June in St. Louis. with her thememidwives who guide, comfort,More than 100 representatives of the three Marianist- lean into, and encourage our world through the birthsponsored universitiesincluding Marianist brothers, pangs of social transformation. priest and sistersgathered to analyze the Symposium Finally, Dustyn Ragasa of the religion department attheme: The Promise of Marianist University Education, Chaminade University of Honolulu noted the relation-Engaging a World in Crisis. ship between Mary, the preferential option of the poor,ASSOCIATION OF MARIANIST UNIVERSITIES AT A GLANCEAMU EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSUniversitySt. MarysChaminade Bro. Raymond Fitz, SMof Dayton University University2003-1011,770 3,253 2,020 Fr. John McGrath, SM2010-12STUDENTSSTUDENTSSTUDENTSDr. Steve Neiheisel2015-18Bro. Thomas Giardino, SM2012-15, 2018-presentmarianist.com/donate 7"